Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-04-16
QNANCOCI1 IN FLAMES.
Finy-Fiye Thousand Dollars Worth
of Prop. rty Destroyed.

The central and principal business
norton of OnancOck is in ashes. TWAS
destroyed by fire originating in IN I'M
occupied part of Mr.. Vim. r. llal!ett 8
store, about l0t O'Clock Tuesday night.
When discovered the flames were burst
ing through the upper story and soon
enveloped the stores of VIM. |. Bagwcll
occupied by Winder & M;lpp aud of Slo.
comb & Alnes on the opposite sides of
it.and Rapidly Spreading consumed them
and the stores of John II. Riley. John
w. Duncan and Kellam BroughtonyS
Sons. receiving no check in that dlrec-
ton until it had reached the stores Of
Powell IL NAPLES and drug store ol Wln,
II. Wise. Here the citizens succeeded
by climbing upon the stores and thor
oughly situ,al ing them with water &"
stopits progress and in saving them tn.
gptler with The Baptist Church aud
other buildings adjacent to them. In
the meantime the stoie of Walter ID.
Lewis and stores OF L. A. NorthMn oc-
cupied by VIM. e. N,stmd /. Gordon,
and shoe shop occlll,;ed ly Pat ocutt on
opposite side of street Lad caught fire
and were soon destr0, ed. The shoe
shop Of John T.. Scott, stables and hotel
of BENJAMIN Z. Parker were next to fall
4; prey TO the deyouring flames, which
sweeping down the street towards the
steamboat wharf soln consumed to
ashes in quick succession barber shop,
store or FULLY Parker. book store OF D.J.
Titlow,anu dwellingu of Henry Carnlne.
The lire after raging about three hours
WAS finally gotten under control but not
until twcnty-three houses, several small
Ter buildings, enclosures, mercantIle
goods, household property &c. ,were deS-
troyed, agsregating i'll value about lifty-
five thousand dollars. The loss is eSti-
mated It's follows:
w. II. Ta!lett ,storchouse and stock OF
goods. $4,000. insurance ~, 500; Slocomb
81 Ames, double storehouSe and stock !,
$l7.5G0, Insurance IS 200; John IL.
Riley, store and stock destroyed and
damaged So 200, fully insured; john w.
duncan, jewelry Store and stock 81 ,OO1
no insurance; Kelam l'roughton "
Son, store aud stock. $1,000, no insu.-
alice: w. ID. Lewis, store and stock,
S.. 600. no insurance; Il. 4. Northam,
Two stores and Shoe shop, 81 coo, no III
Suraucp; w. &. West. StocN OF groceries
$500, 20 insurance; Israel Gor'l0h,Stock
of general merchandise, 81 ,S0O, no in
Surance: Ben. L. Parker, hotel, stables,
barber shop, the shop furniture, etc.,
81 COO. insurance - 500; L. w. Bagwell,
store and unoccupied dwelling, 81 200,
10 insurance; Wmdcr Il A.arp, stock Of
groceries, $500, no ins.asince: Frank
Jones Il Co., tailors, SSf'iH- no insurance;
fully w. Parker, lnuccupied store
house, 81 800, 10 inSu..t..cc: Henry ID.
Carmine, dwelling, furniture aud store,
81 500. insurance 81 100: ID. j. Iltluw:
stock of books and S:uu.u.'cry, damaged
10y removal. $500, 10 insurance; Powell
& NAPLES, goods damaged by water,
$500, insured: w. L. Wise, STOCK OF
drugs damaged by removal, S2oe, III
Suled: L. y, Leatlierberry damage To
building, furniture AMI goods, 500, in
Sured: j Ohm 7. Scott. shoemaker, SiOu.
no insurance, hellam Bruughton. ui.-
finished building, 81 10. Geo. MeirlcN
barber, so, 10 insurance, Mis-. Ihoo.
Carmine, 500, no insurance.
If with the losses estimated above, tn"
broken furniture. destro {cd enclosures
and property stolen are taken into coll
siderutiou they will reach at least 500
900, and are covered by insurance
amounting To SO, 200, all III companies
renr-sented 10y Mr.. l.. w. Chiltrey, ex-
cept 81 SUI, us follows: Virginia Fire
ana Marines 81 ,2OU, Phenix, New York,
81 800, Birmingham, Alabanla, 81 $40,
Iron and Oak OF Birmingham. 81 zoo,
Hope OF New Orleans, Sl.OtU. Mobile
Mutual. 81 900, aud Agricultural, Wa
tcrtown. n. y, 81 ,uU0-
The origin oil the lie is unknown and
cannut &c accounted Tor, us no one had
been i'll the building lUr several hcurs
where Tie fire first started nor WIS any
coInbustible material deposited there.
Several pa ties suffer greatly b. t;'e Tire
ore OF TWO OF them beiES entirely
ruined should receive aid FROM our cltl-
Zens.
Immediately steps WI lie taken by
Mr.. b Il. Parker ard Mc,arS. H.Jcomb
g. Alnes to build again, aud mos. 1t The
burned buildings will doubtless he re-
placed by better structures at al. early
day.